Automobile-lock.



G. R. PARKER & R. D. WIRT.

AUTOMOBILE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1910.

Patented May 2, 1911.

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CHARLES R. PARKER AND REUBEEd' D. WIR'I, 0F PHILADELPHIA, ?ENNS-YLVA1\TIA,

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES R. PARKER and REUBEN D. Vi ma, cltizens oi the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the mobiles and other motor vehicles having con trolling levers, one of the objects of the invention being to provide a simple form of lock adapted to be connectedto the guide plate of a speed lever or the likeand which, when in engagement therewith, will hold th lever in a neutral position;

Another object is to provide a lock offsimple constructionthe parts of which are assembled in a novel manner and are shiftable to engage both the guide plate or other sup porting structure and e lever and thus hold the two structures in fixed relation relative to each other.

A still further object is to provide a lock including engaginglugs 'or the like which are shiftable into locking posit-ion by the movement of the look into engagement with the lever.

With these and other objects view the invention ccnsists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinaiter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a plan view of a lever guide plate, the lever being shown in section in its neutral position, said plate being one of the type with which the present invention may be used. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the guide plate and a portion of the lever and also the lock in position upon the plate. Fig. 3' is a plan view of the parts shownin Fig. 2, the lever being shown in section, there being a pad lock in engagement with the device constituting the present inventi on. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the lever lock per se.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a guide plate such as found upon various makes of motor vehicle's, the plate, in this instance, being arcuate and having two parallel slots 2 and 3 therein separated by spaced longitudinally extending tongues 4. The space between these tongues Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 30,

Patented May 2, 1 911. 1910. Serial no. 569,760.

- is' adapted to be occupied by the speed lever or the like such as has been indicated at 5, when said lever is in its neutral position.

. The lock constituting the present inven tion consists of an "arcuate plate 6 having av lateral extension 7 at one end, provided, at its terminal, with an upstanding ear 8 parallel with the longitudinal edges of the plate 6. Another ear 9 extends upwardly from the inner side of the plate 6 adjacent the other end thereof, this ear being formed with an opening 10 for the purpose hereinafter set forth; An engaging In 11 extends from the bottom of the plate 6 a jacent the lateral extension 7 and projects beyond the end of the plate, this lug beingpreferably shaped so as to project through one of the slots 2 and 3- and under one end wall 'of the slot. The lock includes another plate 12 which is similar in all respects to the plate 6 it being provided at one end with a lateral extension 13. having an upstanding ear 14 while an ear 15 projects upwardly from the other end 'portion of the late and along the inner side thereof. A ug 16 similar to the lug 11 pro jects from the plate 12 beyond that end thereof carrying the extension 13. The ears 8 and 15 are pivotally connected by a rivet 17 or the like so that the said plates 6 and 12 can swing relative to each other. The ear 14 has an opening 18 therein corresponding with and adapted to register with the opening 10.

Inusing the lock which has been described, the lever'5 is placed in its neutral position between the tongues 4 and the two plates 6 and 12 are swung apart so as to permit them to be placed at opposite sides of the lever and to swing the lugs 11 and 16 toward each other. Said lugs are then inserted downwardly into the respective slots 2 and 8 and the plates 6 and 12 are moved together so as to cause the lugs to swing under and into engagement with one and wallet one of the slots and the opposite end wall of the other slot. After the plates have thus been positioned, a padlock 19 or the like may be inserted into the registering openings 10' and 18, thus locking the plates against independent movement and preventing them from becoming disengaged from the guide plate 1. With the lock in this position on the guide plate, itbecomes impossible to shift the lever 5 laterally and out of its neutral position.

While the lock isparticularly designedfor use in connection w1th.the speed lever of an automobile, it is to be understood that the same can also be, used whenever it is desired to look a lever in a predetermined position and thus revent unauthorized persons from shifting t e lever.

Various changes can of course be made in 5 bers being independently movable in parallel aths, relatively movable lever guide engag- .ing devices carried thereby, said members being shiftable relative to each other to surround a lever and to move said devices into engagement with the guide, and means for locking the members against relative movement While in engaging position. ,1 3. A look including movably connected le- A ver engaging members having the1r corresponding faces normally flush, lever. guide engaging devices extending from opposite portions of the respective members, said,

members being mounted to move in parallel paths relative-to each other and means for securing said members against relative movement while 111 engagement with the lever and guide.

4. A lock including pivotally connected Copies of this patent may be obtained for their meeting edges, a ing through one ofsald portions of each' plate, there being apertures Withlllvijhfi remembers forming a lever receivingopening therebetween and mounted to move in parallel paths relative to each other, lever guide engaging devices extending from opposite ends of the respective members, and means for engagement with a lock to hold the members against relative movement while engaging a lever and guide.

5. A lock including parallel members cooperating to form a lever receiving opening therebetween, a pivotal connection between the members, fastener receiving means upon the members to .hold them against relati e movement, a lever guide engaging -device extending from one end of one member and a corresponding device extending from the op posite end of the other member.

6. A lock including oppositely disposed similar plates having upstanding portions at maining portions for the reception of a fastening device, said plates cooperating to form a lever receiving opening therebetween,

and a structure engaging device extehding from one end of each plate, said devices being extended in opposite directions.

7. A lock includingoppositely extending support engaging projections, and means movably connected by a single pivot and adapted to travel in parallel planes for shifting said .devices simultaneously in opposite directions, said means constituting lever enga ing and holding means.

in testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, We have hereto afixed our signatures in the presence of 'two Witnesses.

CHARLES R. PARKER REUBEN D. WI'RT. Witnesses:

CHARLES KeJcnuson, Anson B. Evans.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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